Chapter 100: Hire a farmer to dig lotus roots

Su Binghuai came back only after Tianma Ma Liang, and when he returned home, Zhao Laosan and Su Mu had already gotten up.

Seeing that her son was safe and sound, Su's mother was relieved and angry: "You still know that you are back, don't you know what the situation is outside?" All day long, you know to run outside! ”

Where can Su Binghuai manage so much, even if he was in the suburbs of Beijing at the time, he burned and robbed outside all day long, he still hung outside every day.

"As long as there is money to be made, who will die!" After Su Binghuai finished speaking, he uncovered the placket on his waist, and the brocade bag on his waist was bulging and full of silver money.

Seeing that her son went out to make money, Su's mother was still a little relieved, but she was more worried: "Isn't it okay to follow your son-in-law to work all day?" Do you have to run outside all day? ”

Su Binghuai didn't care so much, he had already deducted it, and he didn't give a cent of the money to his mother, and when he went to the side house and saw that his daughter-in-law was still asleep, he pushed her with his hand: "Look, this is the money I earned for my son!" ”

Gu Chunqiang didn't bother to pay attention to his man, and opened his eyes dimly: "Just your little money, isn't it enough to hire a midwife?" ”

"Which daughter-in-law wants to ask a midwife to give birth to a baby?"

"Our ancient family is also a big family, and the slaves and maids in the family give birth to dolls, if there is a three-long and two-short, they have to ask the midwife, let alone me!" After Gu Chunchi finished speaking, he sat up, pushed the man sleeping next to him with both hands, and scared him again: "It's okay if you don't invite a midwife, then I can't give birth myself, and I suffocated your son, but it's not my business!" ”

Where did Su Binghuai hear this, he hurriedly turned sideways, and wrapped his hands around his daughter-in-law's waist, "Don't say it, my son is going to take the high school imperial examination and go to the court to be the ruler of the court!" Suffocated by you, what's in it for you? ”

After staying up all night, he was really tired, Su Binghuai lay on the bed, and after a while, he could hear even snoring. Listening to this thunderous snoring, where could Gu Chunqiang still sleep, he originally wanted to take advantage of his man's sleep to untie the money bag he tied around his waist. Unexpectedly, as soon as this hand touched the money bag on his waist, Su Binghuai was snoring while holding his money bag with both hands.

There was no way, Gu Chunzi kicked him hard: "You miser, you can't give up this little money!" ”

In the stove room, Zhao Laosan was steaming steamed buns, and there were many people in the family, so the flour was kneaded and fermented in the middle of the night. This is kneaded into buns, wrapped in lotus root dug from the river, and then some meat, added some green onions and sesame oil, steamed in the pot, this stove room is fragrant.

After the steamed buns were steamed, Zhao Laosan washed a little greens and tomatoes and fried them with eggs.

Su's mother sat in front of the stove and lit a fire, seeing that her son-in-law was so capable, her heart was warm, and she sighed that her life was good. After this dead man, he can still get such a capable and family-oriented son-in-law.

After breakfast was ready, knowing that his little lady was angry late, Zhao Laosan picked up a few buns in a basin and heated them on the stove, so he brought out the rest of the buns and dishes.

After breakfast, it was already dawn on the day, and Su Mi got up. Zhao Laosan was repairing the farm tools at home in the courtyard, and when he saw that his little lady was awake, he hurriedly went to the well to fetch a basin of water, washed his hands neatly, and then went to the stove pot to bring out the hot buns and vegetables.

Gu Chunqiang sat on the steps in front of the stove room and ate melon seeds, and when he saw Zhao Laosan serving his daughter-in-law like this, his eyes were very hot, and he pursed his lips and said sourly: "It's not a rich daughter born in the capital, this posture is so good!" ”

"Isn't it good to say a few words and see that your sister and brother-in-law are loving and loving?" Su's mother was picking up eggs in the chicken coop, and when she saw that her daughter-in-law was so ignorant, she hurriedly counted her.

Su Mi knew that she was sweeping her sister-in-law's temperament, and she didn't say anything. After breakfast, the man hurriedly came to clean up the bowl of chopsticks.

"Lady, let's take a walk in the courtyard!"

"Husband, I want to go to town, these two months have grown fast, and I can't wear this clothes!" As soon as Su Mi's voice fell, Zhao Laosan saw that his little lady's clothes were a little tight. When I first got married, this dress was still loose, and now the slightly plump lines around the waist have been outlined.

"The lady is at home, I will go to the town and buy it back if you want!" What happened last night, he didn't know the bottom of his heart, this white and pure little lady went out, he was really a little worried!

Su Mi was also used to listening to the man's arrangement, and felt that it was okay if she didn't make any noise, so she pouted and said softly: "Husband, then I want some light-colored cloth!" ”

The man answered and went out, and Su Mi obediently stayed at home, using the leftover cloth to make some little doll's clothes and shoes.

Su Binghuai slept very peacefully, and when he woke up, his mouth was still drooling, and the pillow towel was all soaked with this dream saliva.

I got up and ate some steamed buns, and was about to go back to sleep for a while. Li Daniu came to Zhao's house to look for him, and saw that he looked listless.

"Big brother, I have thought of another way to make money, do you want to follow the younger brother?" Li Daniu went down the river yesterday, and there was no extra clothes to change in, but he still wore that, and now this tattered placket is still stained with mud and some floats (referring to a kind of southern aquatic weed).

"With your brain, what can you think of to make money?"

Yesterday, the money earned at the temple fair in Xianghe Town, Li Daniu and Su Binghuai shared it equally, but Li Daniu gave it to Luo Qinghe in the village. Luo Qinghe naturally gave him some sweetness, and at night, after his doll and mother-in-law were asleep, the two went to the firewood house for a good time.

This Li Da Niu naturally treats her without a penny, although she is so poor that she needs food all day long, but she is still very content, and she wants to give her all the things she gets.

"What did you eat in the morning?"

"Lotus root buns!" Su Binghuai finished his words and hiccuped.

"That's right! It's this lotus root bun, your brother-in-law has the strength, but he doesn't have our brains. These are a lot of lotus roots, if we dig them out and take them to the temple fair to make skewers and sell them, maybe this business will be good! Li Daniu held a water plant in his mouth and looked at Su Binghuai with a smile.

"Isn't this fair over yet?"

"Big brother, are you really stupid or fake, this temple will have three days, this is a good opportunity for us to make money." Li Daniu still ate a grilled fish at his own trading office last night, and he hasn't eaten anything until now. When it comes to eating, this stomach gurgles.

Su Binghuai knew that he was a wild baby without a home, let alone having pots and pans to cook rice, so he paced to the stove room and gave him all the leftover four or five lotus root meat buns: "Since you call me big brother, I can't let you go hungry!" ”

This Li Daniu had already smelled the fragrance of the Zhao family's buns, but he was not a person with no skin and no face, he just thought that he was really hungry, so he went to the river to catch fish and grill them.

took the bun in Su Binghuai's hand, and ate it in a big gulp, a bun the size of a man's fist, and he took one or two bites.

Mother Su sat in the courtyard, and when she saw that it was someone from Zhaojia Village, she couldn't say anything, so she shook her head and said softly: "It's good for anyone to have enough to eat these days, how can they give meat buns to others so generously!" ”

As soon as Su Binghuai heard that he was making money, he became energetic, grabbed Li Daniu's shoulder, and the two staggered out again.

The two of them went to the river for an hour, and only then did they dig a few sections of lotus root. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that the afternoon will pass, and the two of them won't be able to dig much, and at this temple fair in the evening, where will they get the roasted lotus root skewers to eat!

"Big brother, it's not a way to go on like this, although you and I are men, we don't work in the field much, and this kind of physical work is still a bit laborious!" Li Daniu was so tired that he was panting, sat on the river ridge, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"I only heard that I made money, but I didn't think about it at all, I knew that there was a three-day temple fair, so I prepared in advance!" Su Binghuai worked for a while, not to mention that he was tired, and there was another colicing pain in his waist.

After a while, Liu Daniu pinched Su Binghuai's waist, and Su Binghuai suddenly sat up from the river: "Didn't we make money last night, so we simply used the silver money to hire a man with a big waist to work for us, so that we can start doing business before dark!" ”

"Big brother still has an idea!" When Li Daniu heard this, he was also very excited and jumped up from the river ridge.

"But...... But ......"

"Don't grind, do you want to go to the temple fair at night to make skewers?"

"Big brother, I won't tell you anything, I gave me all the money from selling fish yesterday!" I'm afraid that the people working on the side will hear it, and Li Daniu's voice is very small.

"You're stupid!" Su Binghuai reached out and grabbed the shoes on his feet, and hit Li Daniu's head.

"She died alone, and the doll and mother-in-law at home wanted her to serve, I feel sorry for her!" Li Daniu held his head in his hands and said aggrievedly.

"Seeing that you are still affectionate and righteous, I will pay this money first, but tonight we made money, and the money hired by this person must be returned to me!" After Su Binghuai finished speaking, he took out five cents.

There are a lot of men working in this place, Zhao Laosan casually found a man who looked tall and didn't have much work, gave him five cents, and asked him to help dig lotus roots.

After an hour's effort, there was a hill-like lotus root festival piled up on this river, and so many people laughed, "If this lotus root skewers sell well tonight, let's think about it tomorrow and sell something else!" ”

The river is relatively shallow, and the two of them quickly washed this pile of lotus roots, and the white lotus nodes are very pitiful to look at. After washing, Li Daniu went to Luo Qinghe's house to get a kitchen knife and a cutting board, and Su Binghuai went home to get the cart that Zhao Laosan used on weekdays.

In this way, the two of them pushed these white lotus roots and rushed to the temple fair.

"Let's go early today, if this pile of lotus root can be sold out smoothly, we can go home early today!" Li Daniu remembered that in the firewood room of Luo Qinghe's house last night, the clouds and rain made his heart sweet, and he had strength in his hands.